# magiblot/tvision

A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0, the classical framework for text-based user interfaces. Now cross-platform and with Unicode support.

Repository: https://github.com/magiblot/tvision
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tvision
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cpp, linux, terminal, ms-dos, ncurses, borland-cpp, windows, tui, turbo-vision, utf-8, linux-console, borland, msvc, text-based, retroprogramming, retrocomputing, utf8-everywhere, ascii, cross-platform, cpp14
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:59:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2682, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3134, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.625829+00:00)

## What it is
A modern cross-platform port of Borland's Turbo Vision 2.0, the classic C++ framework for building text-based user interfaces. It preserves source compatibility with legacy Turbo Vision applications while adding Unicode/UTF-8 support and modern platform backends.

## Use cases
- build a tui application in c++
- port a legacy turbo vision dos app to linux
- create terminal apps with windows and dialogs without dealing with terminal capabilities
- write a text-mode editor with unicode support
- retro-style console ui framework for cross-platform tools

## When to choose
- you want a full-featured event-driven TUI framework with widgets like menus, dialogs, and views
- you need to compile existing Turbo Vision source code on modern platforms
- you want consistent rendering across Linux, Windows, and DOS terminals

## When to avoid
- you need asynchronous or parallel programming models in your UI framework
- you prefer modern dynamic languages or declarative UI definitions
- you need a lightweight minimal terminal library rather than a full application framework

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, terminal-ui, gui
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: tui, turbo-vision, unicode, retrocomputing, ncurses, text-user-interface, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- magiblot/tvision (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.625829+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:06.614364+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/magiblot/tvision (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.625829+00:00, sha af1cab8900d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.